His next album, Grievous Angel, peaked at number 195 on the Billboard chart. Although it received enthusiastic reviews, the release failed to chart. Emmylou Harris assisted him on vocals for his first solo record, GP, released in 1973. Parsons was fired from the band before the album's release in early 1970. After a sloppy cross-country tour, the band hastily recorded Burrito Deluxe. The album was well received but failed commercially. After leaving the group in late 1968, Parsons and fellow Byrd Chris Hillman formed The Flying Burrito Brothers in 1969 the band released its debut, The Gilded Palace of Sin, the same year. Parsons joined the Byrds in early 1968 and played a pivotal role in the making of the seminal Sweetheart of the Rodeo album. He founded the International Submarine Band in 1966, but the group disbanded prior to the 1968 release of its debut album, Safe at Home. Parsons was born in Winter Haven, Florida, and developed an interest in country music while attending Harvard University. He popularized what he called "Cosmic American Music", a hybrid of country, rhythm and blues, soul, folk, and rock. Parsons recorded as a solo artist and with the International Submarine Band, the Byrds, and the Flying Burrito Brothers. Ingram Cecil Connor III (Novem– September 19, 1973), known professionally as Gram Parsons, was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and pianist.
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